This blow-by-blow account tells the true story of the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge that crossed the Rhine--a successful mission that saved thousands of American lives and spearheaded the invasion of Nazi Germany. Reissue.
The incredible story of the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge, a strategic bridge crossing the Rhine river at the town of Remagen. This updated volume contains bandw photos of American and German troops, artillery and aerial shots of the Rhine, and the Ludendorff Bridge before its ultimate destruction.
In the aftermath of the battle of the Ardennes in February 1945, the Allies began steps for the final assault into Germany. The Rhine represented the last major geographical barrier to the Allied advance into Germany. In the event, fortune smiled on the US Army when the 9th Armored Division unexpectedly found that the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen ...
Description: CD ROM-New. CD ROM Version 007062-The Operations of Company A, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, in the Seizure of the Remagen Bridgehead, 7-8 March 1945 (Rhineland Campaign) 29 Pages1950 THIS DOCUMENT IS FURNISHED ON CDROM FORMAT Personal Experience of a Rifle Platoon Leader. This monograph covers the operations of Company A, 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division, in the seizure of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, 7-8 March 1945. After the Allied Armies ... read more
Description: CD ROM-New. CD ROM Version 008301-Fire Support Employment in the Rhine River Crossing At Remagen, Germany 100 Pages1987 THIS DOCUMENT IS FURNISHED ON CDROM FORMAT This study is an historical analysis of the procedures and doctrine used by the III Corps Artillery during the First US Army's crossing of the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany. This study examines the actions of III Corps Artillery in the employment, organization for combat, and command and control of artillery units at Remagen. The ... read more
Publisher: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Europe
Date Published: 1945
Description: CD ROM-New. CD ROM Version 009137-Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 56, 15 April 1945 43 Pages1945 THIS DOCUMENT IS FURNISHED ON CDROM FORMAT This is a weekly intelligence summary on European war operations, enemy dispositions, enemy capabilities, enemy supplies and transportation, economic notes and political notes, air activity, and sea operations. THIS DOCUMENT IS FURNISHED ON CDROM FORMAT. read more
Description: CD ROM-New. CD ROM Version 005800-The Operations Of The 1st Battalion, 310th Infantry (78th Infantry Division) In The Crossing Of The Ludendorff Bridge At Remagen, Germany And The Expansion Of The Bridgehead, 7-17 March 1945 (Rhineland Campaign) 33 Pages 1949 THIS DOCUMENT IS FURNISHED ON CDROM FORMAT (Personal Experience of a Platoon Sergeant) This monograph is the story of the operations of the 1st Battalion, 310th Infantry, 78th U.S. Infantry Division, in the crossing and expansion of the ... read more
Edition: Not Given
Binding: Foldout Map
Publisher: Rahmel-Verlag GmbH
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9783926526526ISBN:3926526521
Description: Very Good. "Flowing through some of Europe's most beautiful landscape, the Rhine is also the continent's most important waterway. It is 1, 320 km {820 miles} long, with a catchment area of 252, 000 sq. km {97, 300 sq. miles}. The rhine rises in the Alps, in the Swiss canton of Graubunden, as the 'Vorderhein and the 'Hinterrhein' and ends in an extensive delta the Netherlands, where it flows into the North Sea. " The text is written in ENGLISH/SWEDISH/ITALIAN/FRENCH. read more
Description: New in illustrated boards. World War II-General This new book recounts what happened over the few days around March 7, 1945, with the unplanned, yet successful crossing of the Rhine by American forces at Remagen. Without this miracle, World War II could have lasted longer, nuclear weapons could have been deployed in Germany, the Russians could have come to the Weser river, and possibly moved forward to the Rhine, and Germany may never have been reunified. As well as exciting narrative, the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton
Date Published: 1965
Description: VG/VG dj; great copy. 399 the journal of a member of the 291st Combat Engineers; Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Remagen; quite scarce. read more
Description: 1945, 1st edition, very good condition, scotch tape reinforced spine, inside rear cover has a taped photo of the 9th Armored Division Colors retured to Fort Riley, pictorial wraps, published by the 9th Armored Division, printed in Bayreuth, Germany, 32 pages. An offical overview of the World War II exploits of the 9th Armored Division's capture of the Lundendorff Bridge at Remagaen, the only bridge over the Rhine river the Germans failed to destroy, thereby shortning the war! Illustrated with ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rommerskirchen
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9783926943644ISBN:3926943645
Description: Near Fine. Limited to 990 copies, this one #920. Includes laid-in print (unsigned, unumbered). On the front cover is a small pencil doodle that we believe is Elhihi's signature. Softcover, 12x12", comes in thick plastic case. Folded wraps with about 20 large, bright and colorful watercolors by the artists. Wraps show ligth edgewear; but insides are Fine. Bright and unmarked contents. Print also Fine. A very rare book on this Moroccan artist. Digital photos upon request. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: London. The Amalgamated Press. 13th April 1945.
Description: Original copy of this magazine-style part-work, which was issued fortnightly as The Second World War unfolded, ie., this is No.204. Original wrappers. 285mmx220mm. 93pp. Illustrated throughout. Readers were encouraged to collect these issues and have them bound, but it's not very often that you see them in their original state. This issue features a front cover photograph of the shattered mediaeval gateway of XANTEN in the Rhineland and features within The Field Medical Services, The War at Sea ... read more
Description: Cloth; spine slightly bumped; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed and chipped with very slight loss. Twenty-eighth in the Divisional series. read more
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Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
